Petition of a proposed new Lodge at Woodbridge, Suffolk sent to Robert Leslie, Grand...

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Petition of a proposed new Lodge at Woodbridge, Suffolk sent to Robert Leslie, Grand Secretary

10 May 1804

Petition to form a new Lodge at Woodbridge, Suffolk, recommended by Knight of Malta Lodge, No. 309 [SN 1426], meeting in the 2nd Regiment of the Royal Lancashire Militia. Members seeking a warrant include Samuel Elvis, Worshipful Master elect, merchant of Woodbridge, member of Knight of Malta Lodge, No. 309 [SN 1426]; William Swaine, Senior Warden elect, silversmith and watchmaker of Woodbridge, member of Knight of Malta Lodge, No. 309 [SN 1426]; Charles C Bacon, Junior Warden elect, Captain and Barrack Master, of Woodbridge, a member of an unnamed Lodge, No. 242 [SN 1105], meeting at Nassau, Bahamas; William Elvis, Treasurer elect, innkeeper of Melton, member of Knight of Malta Lodge, No. 309 [SN 1426]; Thomas Sheming [Sherning], Secretary elect, tinman of Woodbridge, member of Knight of Malta Lodge, No. 309 [SN 1426]; James Gow, Steward elect, military surgeon of Woodbridge, member of Lodge of Freedom, No. 246 [SN 1111], Dudley, Worcestershire; Edwin Alexander Bucke, steward elect, cabinet maker of Woodbridge, member of Knight of Malta Lodge, No. 309 [SN 1426]; Samuel Denny, Surgeon of Woodbridge, member of Knight of Malta Lodge, No. 309 [SN 1426]; George Barker, Barrack Sergeant, Woodbridge, member of Scotia Lodge, No. 239, Glasgow, Grand Lodge of Scotland; John Black, clerk, member of Glasgow Kilwinning Lodge, No. 7, Glasgow, Grand Lodge of Scotland; George Garrett, innkeeper of Woodbridge, member of Knight of Malta Lodge, No. 309 [SN 1426]; William Cole, baker of Ipswich, member of Knight of Malta Lodge, No. 309 [SN 1426] and Thomas Webb, innkeeper of Ipswich, member of Knight of Malta Lodge, No. 309 [SN 1426]. The Lodge seeks to meet on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month.

The Petition is signed by Edward Hickin, Worshipful Master, Lieutenant Edward Ashton, Past Master, William Lewis, Senior Warden and Lieutenant George Ashton, Junior Warden of Knight of Malta Lodge, No. 309 [SN 1426] and written by George Hickin, Sergeant and Drum Major, 2nd Regiment of the Royal Lancashire Militia, Woodbridge, Suffolk.

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Prince Edwin's Lodge was established in 1804 and met at the White Hart Inn, Thorofare, Woodbridge. It was granted a warrant by the Antients' Grand Lodge to meet as No. 249(B) on 21 May 1804 and was known as Prince Edwin's Lodge from 1806. In 1812 the Lodge moved to the Horse and Groom, Melton Street, Melton and in 1818 the Lodge moved to the White Lion Inn, Broad Street, Eye. In 1814 after the Antients' Grand Lodge joined in a union with the Moderns' Grand Lodge to form the United Grand Lodge of England, the Lodge met as No. 315. In 1832 the Lodge was renumbered to meet as No. 222. The Lodge ceased to be viable and was erased on 5 September 1838.